Listen Here! The Apostles’ Church Readings: Acts 12:1–11 Psalm 34:2–9 2 Timothy 4:6–8, 17–18 Matthew 16:13–19 This Sunday’s celebration of the great apostles Peter and Paul is a celebration of the Church. Peter’s deliverance from jail is compared to the deliverance of Israel from Egypt. Like Israel he is rescued at Passover from “the hand” of his enemy by an “angel of the Lord” after girding himself with belt, sandals, and cloak (see Ex 3:8; 12:8, 11–12; 14:19)
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June 29th 2014 – Solemnity of Ss. Peter and Paul